To'aga Site (AS-13-1), Ofu Island (Holocene of American Samoa)
Where: American Samoa (14.2° S, 169.7° W: paleocoordinates 14.2° S, 169.7° W)
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; grainstone
• "Calcareous sand"
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the UWBM
Primary reference: D. W. Steadman. 1994. Bird bones from the To’aga site: prehistoric loss of seabirds and megapodes. University of California Archaeological Research Facility, Contributions 51:217-228 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: archaeological analysis
PaleoDB collection 193800: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 06.06.2018
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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| Aves | |
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Fregata sp. Lacépède 1799 frigatebird | |
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Sula sula Linnaeus 1766 red-footed booby | |
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Egretta sacra Gmelin 1789 Pacific reef-heron | |
Procellariidae indet., Puffinus lherminieri, Pterodroma sp., "Puffinus griseus" = Ardenna grisea, "Puffinus pacificus" = Ardenna pacifica, "Pterodroma rostrata" = Pseudobulweria rostrata
Procellariidae indet. Vigors 1825 petrel
Puffinus lherminieri Lesson 1839 Audubon's shearwater
Pterodroma sp. Bonaparte 1856 petrel
"Puffinus griseus" = Ardenna grisea Gmelin 1789 sooty shearwater
"Puffinus pacificus" = Ardenna pacifica Gmelin 1789 wedge-tailed shearwater
"Pterodroma rostrata" = Pseudobulweria rostrata Peale 1848 Tahiti petrel | |
"Gallicolumba stairii" = Alopecoenas stairi
"Gallicolumba stairii" = Alopecoenas stairi Gray 1856 shy ground-dove | |
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Numenius tahitiensis Gmelin 1789 bristle-thighed curlew | |
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Anous stolidus Linnaeus 1758 brown noddy
Sterninae indet. Bonaparte 1838 tern
Gygis alba Sparman 1786 white tern | |
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Gallus gallus Linnaeus 1758 chicken | |
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Megapodius sp. Gaimard 1823 scrubfowl | |